Florida Times-Union v. State

The Florida Times-Union seeks review of an order of the Circuit Court for Nassau County which prohibited the presence of still and video cameras from a hearing in a criminal proceeding. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.100(d).

A hearing was scheduled for the morning of August 24, 1999, on a motion for new trial in the case of John Raymond Stanley, Jr. Stanley had been convicted of sexual assault and afterwards had retained new counsel to assist him with the motion for new trial. One of the issues at the hearing was the effectiveness of defense counsel, who…